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Sitting in the airport on my way to Christchurch after spending 5 days in Queenstown. We are so far south here it doesn't get dark till 11pm and the sun is right back up at 4:30 in the morning. Right hand drive cars are an abomination. Some quick highlights: Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Got the boards back and finished stuffing most of it. Here's some pics (forgive the phone pics and bad lighting).

Luckily nothing worse happened. Bad things happen when you exercise in december...

Glad you stayed upright, Chris. 1 minor crash on yesterday's group ride and 1 pretty bad one on a group ride on the other side of town reported today. Sucks. On more positive news, hit 7500 miles today for the year. More importantly, I think I've done more meaningful rides thanks to having a power meter since July. And found a training partner who understands how to train properly (ie not hammer all day everyday) and has become a good friend and fellow beer-douche.

Caribbean braised oxtails Yum!

Semi-relevant, I got these cuff links made from old watch movements for Christmas and think they are quite cool.

A few of us over at another thread started by Blueman2 are contemplating getting SRX Plus PCBs fabricated. See this thread: http://www.head-case.org/forums/topic/12445-plan-to-build-srx-where-to-find-bom-boards/ Discussion of the SRX Plus design can be found here: http://www.head-case.org/forums/topic/11996-srx-revisited/ I've checked with PCBNET and we can get the cost the amp board to $25 if we order at least 15 boards. The board will be 2mm thick with 3 oz copper, the board size is 9.35" x 6.85" ( 2 channels on one board ). Kevin has recently updated the board with teardrops enabled. We have not decided on the PS to use yet. The SRX Plus needs a +/- 340VDC and -20VDC supply in addition to filament supplies for the 12AT7 (x 4) and 6SN7GTB (x 2). JimL is working on a PCB of the shunt regulator he used and published on Audio Xpress. I think a GR HV configured for those voltages will also work. No promise, but if we have enough interest to start a GB, I will run it following similar process and logistics as we did on the Carbon GB earlier this year. Please state the number of boards you like if you are interested as well as your thoughts/preference of the PS. If we cannot reach consensus on the PS to use I am inclined to confine this GB just to the amp board. Thanks and Happy Holidays! EDIT 1/9/2015: Kevin has laid out a PCB for the shunt regulator JimL designed for the SRX Plus and added the 580VDC bias. The PSU board measures 8.9" x 5.05" and requires off-board heatsink. I have also upgraded the boards to 2mm thick and 4 oz copper. The amp board will be $25 each and the PSU board $20 each PSU if we can reach the quantity of 20 boards each. Here are the board counts: MLA: 2 AMP 2 PSU UFN: 1 AMP 1 PSU blueman2: 2 AMP 2 PSU gepardcv: 1 AMP 1 PSU jose: 1 AMP 1 PSU palchiu: 1 AMP 1 PSU charlo89: 2 AMP 2 PSU DefQon: 1 AMP 1 PSU (please let me know if your friend is interested and how many) JimL: 2 AMP 2 PSU sorenb: 2 AMP 2 PSU mwl168: 2 AMP 2 PSU eggill: 1 AMP 1 PSU Samsie: 1 AMP 1 PSU b0bb: 1 AMP 1 PSU GeorgeP: 1 AMP 2 PSU Rodeodave: 1 AMP 1 PSU Bdrew: 1 AMP 1 PSU

Smoked Salmon Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Brian Eno -- Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy

We are going to do a 2 or 3 night trip, possibly in the PA area.

Santa was very kind this year. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

since its Christmas, I will be nice. 1) your son is a fucking clueless idiot that has obviously not fallen far from the tree. 2) you obviously did not read the thread 3) The original krell board for which I have exact copies of pictures of the top and bottom of the board supplied from krell directly thru tom... The original krell board was hand layed out with film and tape on .1 inch centers. The left and right channels were not physically identical. My version made the left side identical to the original with each component exactly in the same place on the board. And each circuit land in exactly the same place except electronically aligned. Then the right channel was an exact duplicate of the left channel. So mine is actually a bit better. I just posted a new version of the board with teardrops enabled. 4 or more layer boards can also be done without destroying the board. You just need a large plate medical Xray to do so. And I have one.

Chelsea Wolfe, Abyss -- fuck, this is good https://chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com/album/abyss

posted for congo5 power supply board known working as expected from kerry's and my prototypes for the 400v version, input AC needs to be at least 310vac which would make 350vac necessary for the 450v version so with clearance i would pick 360 vac under load for the 400v version (500v caps sufficient) and 390 vac under load for the 450v version (550v or more caps sufficient)